http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, observes Glaucoma Awareness Month each January by encouraging Americans at higher risk for glaucoma to schedule a comprehensive dilated eye exam and to make a habit of doing so every one to two years. While anyone can get glaucoma, people at higher risk include African Americans age 40 and over; adults over the age of 60, especially those who are Mexican American; and people who have a family history of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nih-urges-dilated-eye-exams.html Ophthalmology Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:16:36 EST news277456590 (HealthDay)—The prevalence of open-angle glaucoma has increased more than 20 percent in the last 10 years and currently affects more than 2.7 million Americans age 40 years and older, according to a report from Prevent Blindness America and the National Eye Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-open-angle-glaucoma-percent-years.html Ophthalmology Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:51:54 EST news276277617 When new patients are brought to the UCSF Visual Center for the Child, eye examinations begin even before they enter the doctor’s room. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-kid-friendly-environment-visual-center-eye.html Ophthalmology Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:51:51 EST news263638299 Replacing visual acuity screenings for new Medicare enrollees with coverage of a dilated eye exam for healthy patients entering the government insurance program for the elderly "would be highly cost-effective," suggests a study being published Online First by the Archives of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-medicare-visual-acuity-screening-dilated.html Other Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:28:10 EST news245348855